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May 2020
Issue 8
Perseverance & Positivity
Every Friday during COVID-19, United Charitable celebrates its Perseverance and Positivity campaign to highlight the charitable good happening within our organization. We're honored to work with both Charitable Giving through our Donor Advised Funds and Charitable Doing through our Fiscally Sponsored Programs!
Our campaign of Perseverance relates to our amazing fiscally sponsored programs that are shifting and adapting to keep their missions active.
Over the years, Wicked Awesome Wishes, a fiscally sponsored program of United Charitable, has donated in many ways to their community both locally and abroad. Their mission is helping and supporting individuals in need, surprising and delighting those who thought they didn't have a chance, and giving to those who have fallen on bad times. During COVID-19 their mission is as relevant as ever.
This April, Lady Jane's and Wicked Awesome Wishes partnered in the quest to provide assistance to stylists and their families as they were negatively affected by COVID-19. Wicked Awesome Wisheshelped Lady Jane's deliver more than $100,000 in grants to stylists in need during the pandemic. They were able to support almost 500 stylists.
Wicked Awesome Wishes, shows true perseverance,evenduring a pandemic that directly affected their business and charitable program, they remained active in their mission to provide for those in need.
Our campaign ofPositivityhighlights all the DAFs that are jumping into action to support all forms of COVID-19 relief and their community organizations.
Lisa Beckman Foundation
A United Charitable Donor Advised Fund, the Lisa Beckman Foundation continuously donates to worthy charitable causes throughout the year. Their mission is to provide financial support to under-served populations. In particular for improved education and to support worthy children's charities. During COVID-19, the Lisa Beckman Foundation has shown their generosity by supporting the following charitable organizations:
Doctors Without Borders
An independent, global movement providing medical aid where it's needed most.
During this COVID-19 pandemic, the Lisa Beckman Foundation has made generous contributions to Doctors Without BordersUSA to support medical relief here in the United States .
Consider donating to Doctors Without Boarders an organization that dedicates itself to providing "medical aid where it's needed most- independent, neutral, and impartial."
The Lisa Beckman Foundation has also contributed to Gift of Life International. An organization that strives to "give hope to children with heart disease." They provide cardiac care to those who need it, yet have little to no access to it, around the world.
"With approximately 1.3 million children born each year having a heart defect and knowing that 93% do not have access to cardiac care, our goal is to make this lifesaving care available to children everywhere."
to highlight what people are doing to stay sane while staying home!
Joan Townsend
United Charitable Board Member
"I stay sane by learning to play the ukulele! I started playing the uke about a year ago, but since the lock-down I've been taking a class through a local music program and I jam with a meet-up group every week, both through Zoom. I've also found countless tutorials on the internet. It is great fun, it keeps me at home and it keeps me sane! Just don't ask me to sing!"
Isaac Leeth
United Charitable Staff Accountant
“During the quarantine I have had a bit more time to participate in one of my favorite past times, fishing. Luckily, fishing was one of the few activities that were not prohibited in Virginia due to COVID-19. "
"Fishing is a way for me to relax while also keeping me busy deciding which baits to use or which lake to fish in on a certain day. I am also working on a tandem kayak which is almost water ready. I am looking forward to taking my family out on that.”
